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Bhopal:
“Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Education Minister, was
among the top intellectuals of the first half of the 20th
century who left a lasting impression on the life of Indians
irrespective of caste, creed or religion. As the first Union Education Minister
he shaped India’s Education Policy and took on the task to bring
about revolutionary changes in the education system of the country
which the British had set up to suit their own needs”.

The above views were expressed by
Prof. Akhtar-ul-Wasey, Director of Dr. Zakir Hussain Islamic
Research Institute, Jamia Millia, New Delhi, in his keynote address
in the two-day national seminar which concluded here.

India’s first Prime Minister Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojni Naidu while acclaiming the greatness
and intellect of Maulana Azad had acknowledged his maturity of
thoughts and vision when he was still a minor, Prof. Wasey recalled.

Reminding of Azad's unique
intellectual achievements, Pandit Nehru had said: “…..He was great
in many ways. He combined in himself the greatness of the past with
the greatness of the present. He always reminded me of the great men
of several hundred years ago about whom I have read in history, the
great men of the Renaissance, or in a later period the
encyclopaedists who proceeded the French Revolution, men of
intellect and men of action. He remembered also of what might be
called the great quality of olden days - the graciousness which we
sadly seek in the world today….It was the strange and unique of the
good qualities of the past, the graciousness, the deep learning and
toleration and the urges of today which made Maulana Azad what he
was.”

Prof. Wasey stressed that though
Maulana Azad had traditional Madarsa-based education but he had deep
insight of modern education also. He strived hard to make education
scientific oriented in free India as he considered it vital for the
development of the country and its people, he added.

The national seminar was organized by
the Department of Languages in the National Council of Education
Research and Training , (NCERT), New Delhi here at Regional
Institute of Education. Scholars from all over India converged here
to present their in-depth papers on Maulana Azad, who was a great
freedom fighter, a great scholar, philosopher, statesman and an
eminent educationist. The scholars shed light on his myriad
personality which brought out many facet of his life not known to
many people at large.

Prof. Ateequllah of Jamia Millia
Islamia University in his paper “Maulana Azad Aur Sir Syed” said
both Azad and Sir Syed had different approach but their mission in
life was same to uplift the Indian masses from the quagmire of
illiteracy and throw away the yoke of British rule to breath in free
air.

Maulana Azad was proactive and had the
courage of conviction to preach unity of mankind, at a time when
religion was used by fanatic elements to separate man from man and
ideals of nationalism were used to separate nations from nations,
Prof Ateequllah emphasized.

Prof. Wahab Qaisar of Maulana Azad
National Urdu University,(MANUU), Hyderabad, while commenting over
Dr. Jamshed Qamar’s paper on “Maulana Azad Aur Ranchi” said that
Maulana Azad’s stay at Ranchi for about four years after he was
declared persona non grata by the British Government and expelled
from Bengal proved to be the workshop of education for him where he
established a Madarsa and formulated its syllabus with emphasis on
modern education along with traditional religious learning. This
workshop came handy to the Maulana when he became India’s first
Education Minister to formulate nation’s education policy.

It may be pointed out here that
Maulana Azad’s birth anniversary which falls on November 11 has been
declared “National Education Day”. This has been rightly done as the
Maulana was instrumental in India’s educational progress. He was
also a great institution builder. He established the University
Grants Commission (UGC), the National Academies – the Sangeet Natak
Akademy, Sahitya Akademy, Lalit Kala Akademy, and the Indian Council
for Cultural Relations. He strengthened the All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE) and oversaw the establishment of a chain
of top class technical institutions that now represent the best in
the Indian Education System. Under his distinguished leadership, the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was established in 1951,
which was followed by a chain of IITs at Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur and
Delhi.

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